PCIE SSD on Mac Pro 5.1 (non bootable)

Kingston HyperX Predator

Not the fastest, but work OOTB, reasonable price, available, adaptor included.

 

If you don't need something bootable, the Samsung 960 pro (NVME) will work just fine on os 10.12.5 and above.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-...rd_wg=Bv2IP&psc=1&refRID=17S02ZDJ426RVV7X0ZPA

As with the SM951 you will need a PCIe adapter like the Anglebird or the Lycom.

See this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/pcie-m-2-nvme-on-macpro.2030791/page-4#post-24829155

Lou

 

Will try XP941*2 slots 2+3 = An XP941 blade on two separate Bplus PCie x4 adapters in a RAID 0 set and install in slots 2 and 3 of a 2010 Mac Pro tower. Bplus M2P4A PCie x4 adapter support PCIe X4, X8 X16 slot and compatible with Samsung SM951 256GB/512GB.

 

Looks good enough to me so I ordered one for my MacPro3,1

 

Received and installed my "Kingston HyperX Predator" today.
Installation was fast and painless and the unit runs like a rocket, real nice performance boost over the MacPro's built in SATA2 bus. I use it for my boot drive and it does boot quickly.
I do love my "boys toys"

 

Is this true? On 10.12.5 and above, natively without any hack or patch?

I don’t wanna doubt your statement, just wanna make sure.

 

Yes, but not bootable.

 

Thank you.